Jacob Wheeler

Other Events and Attributes:

• History: say 1770; Read (1836), in his History of Rutland, says that he was "Believed to be pious."

Notes:

Died:
He never married.

Wheeler (1924) gives his death date as 30 May 1775.

Other Events and Attributes:

• History: 1731; In 1731, when his sister, Experience's husband died, Isaac was appointed guardian of all her children.
• Land/House: 25 Apr 1755; He sold his farm and all of its buildings to Seth Clark.
• Moved To: Jun 1755, Rutland, Worcester County, Massachusetts; He settled in that part of Rutland, which in 1759, became Princeton. In April 1756, he bought a farm in Rutland. On 21 September 1761, he sold his farm in Princeton, and moved to his farm in Rutland.

Isaac married Sarah Lawrence on 8 May 1734 in Wrentham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. Sarah (daughter of Ebenezer Lawrence and Mary Partridge) was born on 30 May 1709 in Wrentham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• History: 1680; In 1680, he chose his step father as his guardian.
• Proprietor: 1682, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts
• Occupation: say 1700; He was a carpenter or housewright.
• Offices Held: 1713, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; He was elected a Selectman.
• Moved To: 1714, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts
• Moved to: Abt 1721, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts
• Will: 1 Dec 1725, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; He mentions his wife, Experience, and his children: Isaac, Experience, Mary, Richard, and Abraham.

Isaac married Experience Metcalfe in 1682/83. Experience (daughter of John Metcalfe and Mary Chickering) was born on 16 Oct 1661 in Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; died on 18 Feb 1730/31 in Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Moved To: 1714, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts
• Moved to: Abt 1721, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts

Other Events and Attributes:

• Land/House: 1 Mar 1703; Ebenezer's sister, Joanna, and her husband, Capt. Robert Pond, deeded twelve acres of land in Wrentham to him.
• Will: 23 Oct 1703, Natick, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; He was mentioned in his father's will.
• Will: 15 Aug 1750, Wrentham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts

Ebenezer married Mary Partridge on 25 Nov 1706. Mary (daughter of Deacon John Partridge and Elizabeth Rockwood) was born on 25 Feb 1681/82 in Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; died on 14 Feb 1754 in Wrentham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
Jameson (1886) gives the groom's name as Ebenezer Daniell.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Immigration: Aug 1635; He arrived in New England on board the Thomas, Henry Tavener, Master, bound for "Virginia". He and 57 others were examined for matters touching their conformity in our religion by a minister at Gravesend before embankment.
• Proprietor: 1644, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts
• Land/House: 1 Jan 1646/47, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; He received land again on 26 February 1652.
• Proprietor: 1651, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; While one of the original proprietors, it is doubtful he ever lived there.
• Offices Held: 17 May 1652, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; He was appointed one of three Commissioners to lay out the road between Dedham and Braintree.
• Offices Held: 1659, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; He was a Fence Viewer.
• Offices Held: 22 Jun 1660, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; He was appointed a member of a committee to "to view the Lande both vpland & meadow near about the pondes by Georges Indians wigwam and make report of what they find to the selectman in the first opportunity they can take."
• Land/House: 2 Feb 1668/69, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts
• Freeman: 19 May 1669, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts
• Inventory: 21 Aug 1676

Notes:

Name:


Died:
He was killed by Indians who had climbed on top of a barn and shot down over the palisades during the attack on Lancaster.

Richard married Sarah Prescott on 2 Aug 1658 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Sarah (daughter of John Prescott and Mary Platts) was christened on 16 Apr 1637 in Sowerby, Halifax Parish, Yorkshire, England; died on 25 Aug 1714 in Stow, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Moved to: Mar 1676, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; After her husband's death, she and her surviving children were escorted by soldiers along with the other survivors of Lancaster to Concord. The family then removed to Dedham.

Notes:

Name:

Notes:

Married:
(2) Richard Wheeler
(1) Sarah Prescott

Their marriage date was recorded as 2 (6) 1658.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Immigration: 1637; In 1637 he came to New England, age 15, on board the Rose with his parents.
• Religion: 1643, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; John was admitted to the Dedham Church in 1643.
• Freeman: 26 May 1647; On 26 May 1647 he was admitted as a freeman.
• Moved To: About 1652, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; John and Mary came to Medfield about 1652, with their three children.
• Land/House: 1658, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; John Metcalf received a grant of a piece of land in Medfield next to the burying-ground, he to make the division fence in 1658 "at the time the town fence in the burying-ground." Robert Mason had liberty given him to "take sedar to mak singell for his house."
• Other Will: 1664; In 1664 his father died and left him "One ffeather bed & Bolster, my second Book of Martyrs, Mr. Perkins second Book, Luther on the gala, one silver spoone, one pair of sheets, one long chest in the upper chamber, one Diaper Broadcloth."
• Offices Held: 1671, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; Starting in 1671 he served on the Medfield Board of Selectmen six years.
• Occupation: 1680, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; According to Wheeler (1924) "About 1680 the town of Medfield voted a bonus for the erection of a grist mill upon the Charles River and a dam and mill were built by several associates of whom John Metcalfe was the first. This mill was upon the Charles river at Rockville in the town of Millis and was the first mill upon that portion of the river. It was burned by an Indian prior to 1685, but rebuilt, and the Indian was prosecuted for his crime."
• Offices Held: 1682, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; He was a commissioner in 1682.
• Last Full Review: 7 Aug 2020

Notes:

Birth: The date could have been 15 September.

Death: Harris (1852), Goodwin (1856), and Metcalf (1898) give his death date as 27 November 1675.

Name:

John married Mary Chickering on 22 Mar 1647 in Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. Mary was born in 1630; died on 15 Mar 1697/98 in Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; was buried in Vine Lake Cemetery, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Land/House: Nov 1646; She transferred all of her interest in a parcel of land in Suffolk, England to her cousin, John Chickering, the son of Henry Chickering in November 1646.
• Moved To: Abt 1652, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; John and Mary came to Medfield, Massachusetts about 1652, with their three children.
• Last Full Review: 7 Aug 2020

Notes:

Parents: Many sources list her as the daughter of Francis and Anne (Fiske) Chickering. In this they take the lead of Savage (1860), but he was proved wrong by Clarence Almon Torrey in 1940.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: Before 1657, Muddy River (now Brookline), Norfolk County, Massachusetts
• Residence: 1662 to 1668, Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
• Moved To: 1666, Muddy River (now Brookline), Norfolk County, Massachusetts
• Moved To: Abt 1695, Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
• Moved To: 1703, Natick, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
• Will: 23 Oct 1703, Natick, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; He mentions his wife, Susanna, and his children: Daniel, Ebenezer, Jonathan, David, Elizabeth, and Joanna.
• Probate/Proved: 21 Jul 1712, Natick, Middlesex County, Massachusetts

Notes:

Birth:
His birth date was recorded as 14 (1) 1635.

John married Sarah Buckmaster on 30 Sep 1657 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. Sarah (daughter of Thomas Buckmaster and Joanna) died on 30 Aug 1690 in Wrentham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• History: 1676; He was present at Deerfield, when news arrived of the return of the captives taken from that town to Albany. He made a copy of the letter, and brought it to Medfield, and then forwarded it to the Governor of Massachusetts.
• Occupation: say 1680, Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; He was a school teacher and a farmer.
• Moved To: 1681, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; They settled in the section which became Medway, then Millis.
• Occupation: 1710, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; He was the master of the school.
• History: 1714; He was active in helping to form the town of Medway.
• Probate/Proved: 4 Sep 1744, Suffolk County, Massachusetts

Notes:

Birth: His birth date was recorded as 21 (7) 1656.

Death: Wheeler (1924) gives the death date as 19 December 1743.

John married Elizabeth Rockwood on 24 Dec 1678 in Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. Elizabeth (daughter of Nicholas Rockwood and Margaret Holbrook) was born on 3 Apr 1657 in Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; died on 22 Jul 1688 in Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Moved To: 1681, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; They settled in the section which became Medway, then Millis.

Notes:

Birth: Her birth was recorded as 3 (2) 1657.

Birth:
Her birth date was recorded as 3 (2) 1657.